Gustav to Increase Gas Prices Again?

Well, now there’s another excuse for high gas prices, and this time it comes in the form of a natural disaster of sorts, the latest hurricane to rock the gulf coast and supposedly many refineries that will affect the gas prices again (ok, I thought the majority of our oil came from the middle east, but my bad), and make us scrounge our nickels and dimes to pay for the dang gas tank to be filled once more.

Sometimes you almost have to wonder if the oil companies are praying for a natural disaster just so they can use another excuse as to why the gas prices are heinous. I know I’ve heard that the oil companies don’t make that big of a profit, at least not what we are thinking, and that in fact, as a business venture oil in fact does not yield as much pure profit as many other businesses that doesn’t get a lot of negative press, however you just can’t help but throw your arms up in dismay when you hear yet another excuse as to why we are being reamed at the gas pumps.

Americans are squeezed, no doubt about it, and not just from gas prices as we all know too well now. It’s pretty sad when we are happy to pay $3.60 for our gas, and that is actually a relief from the previous $4.00 prices just a bit ago, when we would have laughed at the fact that anything under 4 bucks was a blessing just a few short years (heck, months) ago.

This latest hurricane is not only a disaster that will require a lot of federal aid from the government who is already bogged down by other disasters such as the banking systems that are falling, not to mention the war in Iraq and the bailout of thousands of homeowners in distress from the mortgage fraud situation or the mere fact that they are in over their heads with mortgages they cannot truly afford.

Now the oil companies have another prepared reason for why they are charging an arm and a leg for something that we all need as a necessity to live our daily lives and contribute to society.

These days everything just seems to be a catch 22, but I’m sure there will come a day soon when all the dust will settle and our economy will once again be booming, jobs will be plentiful, and credit crises will come to a halt (although they never truly do, they are ongoing, just in varying degrees of emergency). We’ll remain positive on America’s outlook because that’s what we do best, we make sure that we will never give in to despair, and watch our country become a booming one again.